Reserve Grade teams to meet in Rotorua

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A unique Reserve Grade representative match, between a Western Bay of Plenty XI and a Lakelands selection drawn from the Rotorua and Taupo regions, will take place on Sunday in Rotorua.

The fifty over per side match will be played at Rotorua Cricket headquarters at Smallbone Park, with play starting at 10.30am.

Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Administrator Don Warner says, 'The game has been brought about from discussions between Mathew Love-Parata from Taupo and myself, to give the Bay of Plenty region second tier club players, an opportunity to experience sub-association representative cricket.

'If the match is a success, Western Bay of Plenty Cricket will look for opportunities to play matches against such as Waikato Valley and perhaps Hamilton.”

The Western Bay of Plenty team will be captained by long-time Greerton all-rounder Richie Earl, who has played Baywide premier cricket for many seasons, before dropping down a grade a couple of years ago.

At the other end of the spectrum, Aquinas College youngsters in Carson Wills, George Catto, Finn Dempsey and Darcy Hoskin will be playing senior men's representative cricket for the first time.

The Lakeland side will be bolstered by Lake Taupo CC players in Habib Malik and Moko Rivers, who have moved up to the Baywide ranks this season after their team success in the Western Bay of Plenty Reserve competitions last season.

Lakeland youth are represented by two sets of brothers in Josh and Louie Love-Parata and Cam and Sean Ingram along with Tu Winsor.

WBOPCA Reserve Grade Representatives v Lakeland @ Smallbone Park Rotorua February 18

Western Bay of Plenty

Richard Earl – captain (Greerton) Carson Wills, George Catto, Finn Dempsey, Darcy Hoskin (Aquinas College) Harkaran Gujral, Amritpal Singh, Sunil Gaur (Greerton Sikh XI) Ben Hunter (Te Puke) Mikey Galappaththi, Olly Smythe, Jim van der Vorm (Cadets)

Bay of Plenty Lakelands

Jake Rowe – captain, Habib Malik, Ryan Neeves, Moko Rivers, Cam Ingram, Josh Love-Parata, Nathan McNeish, Louie Love-Parata, Sean Ingram, Ayden Maxwell, John Dolan, Tu Winsor

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